Can server



C. VALL.

CAN SERVER.

APPLICATION FILED AUGA, 1919.

mmeme t. m, 1919.

- 2. Mounted above an UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

cantvan, or nocnns'rnn, new roan.

CAN SJERVEE.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CARL Vane, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can-Servers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

y present invention relates to receptacles and containers and more particularly to those for table use in serving the contents of cans of condensed milk, syrup and the like, and it has forits object to provide a simple, durable and sightly container of this character that will receive and conceal the can While permitting its contents to be poured forth. A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character that can be conveniently filled and emptied and which does not require any considerable strength on the part of the user to insert and puncture or open the can. To these and other ends the invention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

in the drawings Figure 1 is a side View partly in vertical section of a can server constructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section therethrough.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts. The receptacle of the present embodiment is adapted for the usual type of cylindrical can and comprises a cylindrical tubular body portion or holder 1 provided with a suitable handle 2 at the rear side. Spanning the lower end is a bottom plate 3 which may be continuous to completely close the bottom or be of less width, as shown in Fig. opening 4 in the bot-- tom is a can puncturing knife 5 formed, in the present instance, Of-ltWO inclined triangular blades meeting at their apexes in a single point and permitting liquid to flow between them and out through the opening 4. The latter and the knife are surrounded by a heavy gasket 6 preferably of rubber.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pa tgnflggifll sqgpib, 16 1919,, Application filed August. 4,

.1919. Serial No. 315,341.

The spout 7 extends upwardly along the side of the holder and is rigidly fixed thereto as bysoldering. It also has a shallow 'extension 8 extending along and beneath the bottom 3 to a point beyond the opening 4 so as to bring the latter within the interior of the base of the spout. To hold the extension 8 of the spout out of contact with a supporting surface and allow the container to rest squarely and evenlyon the latter I provide an annular base 9 below the bottom 3 extendingto the lower limits of the extension 8 and formed, in the present instance, by the lower end .of the tubular holder 1. Tn other words, T raise the bottom plate 3 above the lower rim of the tubular holder.

The upper end of the. holder 1 is open though provided with a cover 10 hinged at 11 and secured when closed at its forward edge by a suitable catch 12. Tn use, this cover is opened and the can is dropped into the holder and pressed upon until the knife or puncturing device 5 is driven into the bottom thereof and communication is opened for the flow of its contents through the opening 4' into the spout 7. N 0 strength is required as it is only necessary for the user to lean his or her weight on the top of the can. The cover 10 is then closed and fastened at 12 and this maintains the can pressed at its bottom against the gasket 6,

preventing leakage around the puncturing device, the can being indicated at C in Fi 1.

l t is'desirable. to propide a knife 13 on the under side ef the cover-l0 near the hinge 11 to puncture the top of the can for the entrance of air so that the flow through the spout will not be a partial vacuum.

ll claim as my invention:-

I. In a can server, the combination with a tubular holder for the can having an open top and a bottom support, of a spout permanently and rigidly fixed to the holder to extend upwardly along the side thereof and also beneath the bottom and communicating with the interior of the holder through the latter and a can puncturing element on the bottom at such point of oommunication.

2. In a can server, the combination with a tubular holder for the can having an open top and a bottom support, of a spout perimpeded by Y manently and rigidly. fixed to the holder to 'With the interior of the holder through the latter, a can puncturing element on the bottom at such point of'communicati-on and av hinged cover for 'the holder adapted to maintai ra can impaled upon the puncturing device; r X

3. In a can server, the combination with 10 a tubular holder for the can having an open top a bottom support and a base below the hottom spacing the latter from a supporting surface, of a spout permanently and rigidly fixed to the holder to extend upwardly along the side thereof and also beneath the bottom and communicating with the interior of the holder through the latter, and a can puncturing element on the bottom at such point of communication.

" CARL VALL. 

